Reconstruction:Proto-Slavic/gojь

This Proto-Slavic entry contains reconstructed terms and roots. As such, the term(s) in this entry are not directly attested, but are hypothesized to have existed based on comparative evidence.

Proto-Slavic

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *gajas, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷoyh₃-o-s, from *gʷeyh₃- (“to live”).

Noun

*gȍjь m

1. abundance
2. peaceful life

Inflection

Declension of *gȍjь (soft o-stem, accent paradigm c)

	singular	dual	plural
nominative	*gȍjь	*gȍja	*gȍji
genitive	*gȍja	*gojù	*gòjь
dative	*gȍju	*gojemà	*gojèmъ
accusative	*gȍjь	*gȍja	*gȍję̇
instrumental	*gȍjьmь, *gȍjemь*	*gojemà	*gojí
locative	*gȍji	*gojù	*gojĩxъ
vocative	*goju	*gȍja	*gȍji

^* -ьmь in North Slavic, -emь in South Slavic.

Descendants

• East Slavic:
  • Old East Slavic: гои (goi)
    • Russian: гой (goj) (archaic)
• South Slavic:
  • Serbo-Croatian: gȏj
  • Slovene: gȍj (tonal orthography) (obsolete)
• West Slavic:
  • Old Czech: hoj
  • Slovak: hoj (poetic)